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I don't exactly read a lot of the time but my favourite book would probably "Playing For Keeps" which is a Michael Jordan biography. My favourite fiction book probably would be the first Red Dwarf book by Grant Naylor.

If I had to choose a favorite book it would be the "Middle Earth Quintuplet" by J.R.R. Tolkien. But that would make my other 5000 books feel left out so I don't play favorites and love them all equally.

The Hobbit and Lord of The Rings by Tolkien are great books. Geez, well I've read over 50 non-computer books in the past year so it's hard to choose. I like almost all C.S. Lewis books (sci-fi ones). That's about it...

I love just picking up Shakespeare and reading a few passages, or Milton's Paradise Lost - what a mighty poem.

I've missed plenty of great classics here, but I won't miss probably my favourite book ever - Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky. A heavy novel, but one that couldn't be put down until 50+ pages had been read!

Like Wayne I feel guilty ignoring others, but these are the first that come to mind.

The Silmarillion by Tolkien is also a wonderful book. Its a history of the gods and elves in Middle Earth. It has a beautiful creation story. (I'm wondering if this is what Wayne included along with The Hobbit, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King when he said that he liked the Middle Earth Quintuplet.)

And C.S. Lewis has also written many good Non-Narnia books (I love those also!) including The Screwtape Letters, A Grief Observed and his Space Trilogy (Sci-Fi)- Out of the Silent Planet, Perlandra and That Hideous Strength.

Originally posted by adam_shep The Silmarillion by Tolkien is also a wonderful book. Its a history of the gods and elves in Middle Earth. It has a beautiful creation story. (I'm wondering if this is what Wayne included along with The Hobbit, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King when he said that he liked the Middle Earth Quintuplet.)

You got it. I have all five custom bound in handworked leather and they are among my most prized possessions. I am currently looking for other Tolkien works including his language diaries and printings of his notebooks if they are available.

I read the seventh installment of the Chronicles of Narnia in around 3 and a houlf hours...it was 11PM and I couldn't sleep...so I stayed up past 2 to finish the whole thing...needless to say I don't remember any details about the book - just a few broad things.

Tolkien amazes me...if I'm not mistaken, he actually divised some (or was it all?) of his very own language. I find that amazingly fascinating.

All the languages in his book from the different forms of Elvish to Dwarven were created by him. He created his first language when he was a child, 10 or 12 I believe. Each of his languages are fully evolved and have grammer, spelling rules and can be used to carry on written and spoken communications. His languages are studied at Universities all over the world just like French, Spanish or English and are the inspiration for such modernly created languages such as Klingon and other science fiction languages from Star Trek, Star Wars and Babylon 5.